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From 20 to 22 May 2026, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences was represented at the international trade fair GPEC – General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference in Leipzig. This renowned trade fair is regarded as one of Europe’s most important platforms for police, security and emergency response technology, and brings together an audience of experts from government bodies, academia and industry every year.
The Forensics Section was represented at the trade fair by Professors Michael Spranger and Ronny Bodach (both from Faculty CB). Together, they presented approaches from the fields of General and Digital Forensic Science. They were supported in this by Nadine Friedewald and Robin Keppler from the Fraunhofer Cybersecurity Learning Lab. Professor Andreas Ittner sparked further professional interest when he presented ‘Coinator’, a digitally sovereign investigation platform for Bitcoin transactions, as part of a talk at the trade fair.
Innovative developments from a completely different field of research also attracted considerable interest: Professor Jörg Hübler and Fabian Jonas Müller from the INW Faculty presented their 3D printing process for textiles, which can be used, for example, to protect textiles from cuts and falls.
Alongside the technical discussions and project presentations, there was also ample opportunity for personal interaction. The stand staff were particularly delighted to welcome numerous former students of Mittweida University of Applied Sciences. The insights into their current fields of work – often in the security and investigative sectors – clearly demonstrated just how practical and forward-looking the study and research content of HSMW’s programmes is.
